Horseback Riding – the tour outfit Cabatucan Ranch (located 2 km. west of the seaside town of Guayacancito) provides visitors with horseback riding excursions at the more isolated western end of Margarita Island. Visitors have the option of going horseback riding by the beach, or in this area’s mountainous terrain. See Cabatucan Ranch’s website for […]
Gran Casino Margarita (Hotel Macano, Calle Los Uveros, Urb. Costa Azul, Porlamar) – this was formerly the Hilton Hotel, before former Venezuelan ruler Hugo Chavez nationalized it and changed the name to the “Hotel Macano”. The casino is still open, with over 200 gaming machines, and 35 table games (which consists of blackjack, Caribbean stud […]
Estadio Nueva Esparta (Av. Fajardo, Porlama) – this 16,100 seat stadium hosts mainly baseball games, and acts as the home of the Bravos de Margarita team (which is part of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League). The Caribbean Series, a baseball tournament featuring professional teams from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela, is […]
Bodyboard Pro Festival (Playa Parguito, Margarita Island) – every September or October, this bodyboarding competition is held by the International Bodyboard Association (IBA) in conjunction with the Venezuelan Surfing Federation (FVS) and the Latin American Association of Bodyboarding (ALB). Both local and international bodyboarders compete in this event.
Surfing — given the country’s lengthy coastline, which faces the Pacific Ocean, it’s expected that surfing is a major recreational activity. Archeological artifacts suggest that the sport actually goes back hundreds, if not thousands of years in Peru. The country’s central coast has great surfing opportunities from April to September, while the north coast (towards […]
Stellaris Casino (JW Marriott Hotel, Av. 28 de Julio 151, Miraflores, Lima) – located within one of Lima’s major luxury hotels (JW Marriott Hotel), is this casino. Affiliated with the Stellaris Casino in Caribbean locales like San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Aruba, this Stellaris Casino has about 170 gaming machines and 16 table games (such […]
Parque de la Amistad (Av. Caminos del Inca, block 21, Lima) — visitors going through this park will come across a traditional mountain train station, including an original 1926 steam engine with 3 trucks for touring several areas of the park. The site also has a navigable artificial lagoon and a 29-metre high Moorish arch. […]
Miraflores (Lima) – this is Lima’s most tourist-friendly and upscale district. Like other coastal areas by Lima like Chorrillos and Barranco districts, Miraflores attracted weathy settlers especially during the 19th century. Major thoroughfares like Via Expresa, also known as Paseo de la República or Zanjón (the express highway), and the Circuito de Playas de la […]
Malecón (Lima) – like other Latin countries, such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Lima has its own seaside Malecón boulevard. The difference between the Malecón in Lima versus elsewhere is that this six-mile-long boulevard has three sections: Malecón de la Marina in the north, Malecón Cisneros in the middle, and Malecón de la Reserva […]
Los Andes Golf Club (Carretera Central km. 23 – Hacienda Huampani, Lurihancho, Chosica) — located in Huachipa and surrounded by the Andes foothills east of Lima, this course enjoys sun and good weather all over the year. Opened 1969, the unique 9-hole course, which is played twice over with different finales, was intentionally designed to […]